Lead ammunition residues in a hunted Australian grassland bird, the stubble quail (Coturnix pectoralis): Implications for human and wildlife health.
Scavenging and predatory wildlife can ingest lead (Pb) from lead-based ammunition and become poisoned when feeding on shot game animals.Humans can similarly be exposed to ammunition-derived lead when consuming wild-shot game animals.Studies have assessed the degree of lead contamination in the carcasses of game animals but this scrutiny has Skincar